Improvement in fire-kindlers



G. W. EL'DRIDGE.

FIRE-KINDLER.

No.175,85 8. Patented Apr'1111,1876.'

WITNESSES Attorney MPETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON, (JV (.4

NI'IED STATEs GEORGE ELDRIDGE, OF SOUTH CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT m FIRE-KINDLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,858, dated April11, 1876; application filed September 18, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ELDRIDGE, of South Ohatham, in the countyof Barnstable, and in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fire-Kindlers; and do hereby declare thatthe following is afull, clear, and exact descriprion thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of refereucemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of afire-kindler for coal, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents the fire-kindler with abar of wood removed, showing the formation before it is folded togetherfor use. Fig. 2 represents an ordinary pine burr.

I take a piece of paper, A, about twelve inches square, and lay upon ita piece of wood,

(pine preferred,) B, about eight inches long; then I take, say, from sixto eight pine burrs or cones, G O O, and lay one-half of them adjacentto one side ofthe wood B, and the other half of them on the oppositeside, as shown in the drawings. A liquor composed of melted resin andkerosene, or other inflammable oil, is then mixed in about equalproportions, and while the liquor is hot it is poured on the burrs andwood to saturate the same therewith. I may use dried grass, leaves,shavings, sawdust, or small chips in with the cones and wood, andSEl-tlF rate the entire mass. A piece of wood, B, is then applied andpressed to the other parts, and the paper A wrapped around the whole.This paper adheres to the particles and forms the kindler into a bundle,and prevents the loss by scattering of broken pieces while the packagesare being used or shipped. The tree burrs or cones being open andporous, a draft of air circulates through the bundle, causing it to burnfreely and kindle the fire readily.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is Thecombination, in a fire-kindler, of the strip B, the pine burrs O,saturated as described, strip of wood B, and the sawdust filling, or itsequivalent, and the wrapper A, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of August, 1875.

GEORGE W. ELDRIDGE. Witnesses:

GEO. K. LITTLEFIELD, B. D. GIFFORD.

